Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affecting github.com/schollz/croc/v9 package, versions <9.6.16


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMSCHOLLZCROCV9-5910516
  • published20 Sept 2023
  • disclosed20 Sept 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-43621  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/schollz/croc/v9 to version 9.6.16 or higher.

Overview

github.com/schollz/croc/v9 is a tool that allows any two computers to simply and securely transfer files and folders.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor via the shared secret on a command line. An attacker can read this secret by listing all processes and their arguments.

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